From: "Arnaldo Mandel" <am@ime.usp.br>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: jump between if-fi
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:43:12 -0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <72df5b830801090143j7c9569acgc3f7f5ba9a857850@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y7bbpz12.fsf@newsguy.com>
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On Dec 30, 2007 9:02 PM, <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> I hope this isn't one of those things that is just plain obvious to
> lookup in emacs but I'm striking out with M-x apropos
>
> How can I make emacs do something similar with if-fi constructs as it
> does with parens?
>
> Even better I'd like the kind of behaviour one can get in vim with
> parens, where not only does the syntax coloring show the other paren
> but you can jump there with a Ctrl-%
>
> I know emacs can do that as well but not as easily. But anyway, I use
> emacs more and would like to turn its powers used in paren recognition
> against the `if fi', `while done', `for done'... etc. one uses in
> shell scripting.
>
In case I am not too late, I suggest looking at gap-mode.el. It was made
for the GAP computer algebra system, which uses a language with this kind of
syntax.
It does a good job of matching and indentation. It does not do exactly what
you want, but since the adequate matching functions are there, you can
probably
get some strong leverage.
am
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-30 23:02 jump between if-fi reader
2007-12-30 23:23 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-12-31 6:29 ` reader
2007-12-31 8:12 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2007-12-31 14:41 ` reader
2008-01-01 15:47 ` reader
[not found] ` <mailman.5533.1199082573.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-01-09 5:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-12-31 16:24 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-01-01 2:29 ` reader
2008-01-01 14:18 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-01-01 15:39 ` reader
2008-01-01 15:53 ` Torturedly threaded .emacs portability. [Was: jump between if-fi] Alan Mackenzie
2008-01-01 15:53 ` reader
2008-01-02 5:00 ` Mike Mattie
2008-01-05 18:33 ` jump between if-fi reader
2008-01-09 9:43 ` Arnaldo Mandel [this message]
[not found] <mailman.5524.1199055779.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-01-01 18:12 ` Xah Lee
2008-01-01 19:12 ` Alan Mackenzie
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